Careers and Training
We are not currently running any guides courses.
We are however providing in-house training for potential employees of Alpine River Adventures.
Please call (02) 64533016 for more information.
Careers
Looking for a job that's challenging, unique and exciting in the adventure tourism industry? Want to work somewhere beautiful, unique and different?
Alpine River Adventures is a young and enterprising business specializing in raft and kayak tours within NSW and the ACT. Our products range from flat-water scenic tours to multi-day wilderness expeditions and extreme whitewater rafting experiences. We are a guide-owned and operated business, and value ourselves on being a professional, customer-service orientated environmentally and culturally friendly business.
Our team is our most valuable asset, providing a safe and friendly environment for our clients. We need team members who are focused on high quality customer service, can think fast and work well with a range of people. We demand a high level of service from our employees, as our business provides a level of standard that is well above the standards in outdoor recreation and water sports. If you are a friendly, team-orientated, energetic, creative and motivated self-starter, with a love of the environment and the great outdoors then this is the job for you.
We do not advertise job positions, however accept job applications year-round. For those wanting to be guides without experience or qualifications we run a 5 day introductory River Guiding course throughout the year depending on demand, and offer positions to those who have progressed the furthest throughout the course. If you are already an experienced raft guide with up-to-date first aid qualifications, you can call our operations manager Richard Swain on 0428826938, or email riverguide@outlook.com and have a chat about upcoming job opportunities.
Alpine River Adventures is a young and enterprising business specializing in raft and kayak tours within NSW and the ACT. Our products range from flat-water scenic tours to multi-day wilderness expeditions and extreme whitewater rafting experiences. We are a guide-owned and operated business, and value ourselves on being a professional, customer-service orientated environmentally and culturally friendly business.
Our team is our most valuable asset, providing a safe and friendly environment for our clients. We need team members who are focused on high quality customer service, can think fast and work well with a range of people. We demand a high level of service from our employees, as our business provides a level of standard that is well above the standards in outdoor recreation and water sports. If you are a friendly, team-orientated, energetic, creative and motivated self-starter, with a love of the environment and the great outdoors then this is the job for you.
We do not advertise job positions, however accept job applications year-round. For those wanting to be guides without experience or qualifications we run a 5 day introductory River Guiding course throughout the year depending on demand, and offer positions to those who have progressed the furthest throughout the course. If you are already an experienced raft guide with up-to-date first aid qualifications, you can call our operations manager Richard Swain on 0428826938, or email riverguide@outlook.com and have a chat about upcoming job opportunities.
Training
Alpine River Adventures offers a 5 day 4 night Raft Guide Course throughout the year dependent on demand. This fast-paced course provides you with the skills needed to become a professional river guide. It is carried out on various rivers around Canberra and the Snowy mountains depending on conditions.
A Wilderness First Aid Course generally precedes or or follows most Alpine River Adventures Guides Courses, and is required to become a raft guide.
In your course you will learn:
And crucial safety aspects of whitewater rafting like:
• Basic River Rescue
• Equipment Maintenance
• Risk Management
• Emergency River Procedures
For a full course program click here.
Instructor Guides
In order to provide you with a breadth of knowledge and opinions on rafting we believe it is important that you are exposed to training from several highly experienced river guides. We will endeavour to provide you with training from at least two highly experienced trip leaders who have worked in Australia and overseas over the duration of the course.
A Wilderness First Aid Course generally precedes or or follows most Alpine River Adventures Guides Courses, and is required to become a raft guide.
In your course you will learn:
- Reading whitewater
- Maneuvering rafts
- Stroke techniques
- Knot tying
- Raft rigging
- River signals
- How to communicate with your crew
- The basic operations of a rafting trip
And crucial safety aspects of whitewater rafting like:
• Basic River Rescue
• Equipment Maintenance
• Risk Management
• Emergency River Procedures
For a full course program click here.
Instructor Guides
In order to provide you with a breadth of knowledge and opinions on rafting we believe it is important that you are exposed to training from several highly experienced river guides. We will endeavour to provide you with training from at least two highly experienced trip leaders who have worked in Australia and overseas over the duration of the course.
